Animal Biography, Or, Authentic Anecdotes of the Lives, Manners, and Economy, of the Animal Creation: Arranged According to the System of LinnaeusR. Phillips, 1805 |
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Page 60
... feeds , it springs upon them with the quickness of thought ; and if any danger occurs , it * SYNONYMS . - Lacerta agilis . Linn . - Le Lezard gris . La Cepede . - Little brown Lizard . Edwards . - Scaly Lizard . Penn.- Nimble Lizard ...
... feeds , it springs upon them with the quickness of thought ; and if any danger occurs , it * SYNONYMS . - Lacerta agilis . Linn . - Le Lezard gris . La Cepede . - Little brown Lizard . Edwards . - Scaly Lizard . Penn.- Nimble Lizard ...
Page 61
... feeds , this Lizard darts out , velocity , its large forked tongue . This is of a red- dish colour , and beset with asperities that are scarcely sensible to the sight , but which assist very materially in catching its winged prey ...
... feeds , this Lizard darts out , velocity , its large forked tongue . This is of a red- dish colour , and beset with asperities that are scarcely sensible to the sight , but which assist very materially in catching its winged prey ...
Page 111
... feed , but that they may come to breathe . Without this precaution , if the pond is small and they are numerous , they will die from the corruption of the water . If a string be tied round a fish in such manner that the free play of his ...
... feed , but that they may come to breathe . Without this precaution , if the pond is small and they are numerous , they will die from the corruption of the water . If a string be tied round a fish in such manner that the free play of his ...
Page 116
... feed on mud and aquatic plants , but by far the greater part subsist on animal food alone ; and they are so ravenous as often not to spare those of their own kind . Those that have the most capacious mouths pursue nearly every thing ...
... feed on mud and aquatic plants , but by far the greater part subsist on animal food alone ; and they are so ravenous as often not to spare those of their own kind . Those that have the most capacious mouths pursue nearly every thing ...
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... feed on the smaller fish and other marine animals . The flesh of most of them is white , firm , and good eating . The head in the Cod - fish is smooth ; and the gill- membrane has seven rays . The body is oblong , and covered with ...
... feed on the smaller fish and other marine animals . The flesh of most of them is white , firm , and good eating . The head in the Cod - fish is smooth ; and the gill- membrane has seven rays . The body is oblong , and covered with ...
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